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Yahoo SEC Filing: Name change to Altaba Inc and director resignations

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Re: Yahoo SEC Filing: Name change to Altaba Inc and director resignations

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Post by stanleydrew »

Rather than the inevitable bashing of Marissa that will undoubtedly unfurl on this thread, I'd like to put in a little reminder that we usually celebrate taking on big projects and big risks and that we should commend her for taking on the immense challenge of steadying the Yahoo ship.

Yes, she wasn't able to keep the ship from sinking. But I do think she put in a good-faith effort.

Re: Yahoo SEC Filing: Name change to Altaba Inc and director resignations

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Post by tlackemann »

shshhdhs wrote: post #10

Changing the brand under these circumstances doesn't make sense to me. Brands take years to build, and Yahoo dominates as a brand in Japan. It seems sloppy PR to pick a name like "Altaba" within mere weeks/months of deciding to buy Yahoo.

This is what I'm confused about. Yahoo is a big brand with a lot of companies, is Tumblr now owned by Altaba? Altaba Weather?

Re: Yahoo SEC Filing: Name change to Altaba Inc and director resignations

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Post by djsumdog »

LeoPanthera wrote: post #15

The headline was changed but the new one reveals nothing. For those who don't want to dig through the filing: Meyer has resigned from the board and Yahoo is renaming to "Altaba". Edit: It changed again. That's better.

It was a link to a Buzzfeed news tweet. O_o

Re: Yahoo SEC Filing: Name change to Altaba Inc and director resignations

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Post by ceejayoz »

LeoPanthera wrote: post #15

The headline was changed but the new one reveals nothing. For those who don't want to dig through the filing: Meyer has resigned from the board and Yahoo is renaming to "Altaba". Edit: It changed again. That's better.

There really needs to be a log of "Previously titled: X | Previously linked to: Y | Moderator comment: Foo bar." in these situations.

Re: Yahoo SEC Filing: Name change to Altaba Inc and director resignations

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Post by patmcguire »

folz wrote: post #19

Key takeaways from this filing: Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is resigning and the company is changing its name to "Altaba Inc." (The article link was changed from https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/818589759320637440 at around 50 points)

Yeah, I feel like that one tweet was a better distillation of what is happening than a dump to the dry source. Oh well.

Re: Yahoo SEC Filing: Name change to Altaba Inc and director resignations

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Post by r00fus »

Crito wrote: post #11
Apocryphon wrote: post #3

Etymology of that name - AltaVista + Ali Baba?

Makes me thing "Alternate Ali Baba".

Amusing since "Baba" is well known as either a sponge cake, a grandma, a holy man, father, baby or blanket [1].

so what's an alt-baba?

[1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/baba#Noun

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